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Cesar Classic Terrine Trays in Jelly: Junior Poultry in Jelly review

Name: Cesar Classic Terrine Trays in Jelly: Junior Poultry in Jelly
Brand: Cesar

45/100Average

WetPuppy

Flavour

Cesar Classic Terrine trays are single-serve jelly terrines for small dogs, and all six sit in our Average band. The analysis underneath is better than the wording suggests, with protein around half of dry matter and very little carbohydrate. What you cannot do is read the recipe, because the label keeps it to categories.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs. A sealed tray is a portion in itself, with no tin to cover and keep
Fussy eaters, who rarely turn down a jelly terrine
Older dogs with modest appetites, on light trays at 79 to 92 kcal per 100g
Owners after a lean wet food, with carbohydrate under the 15.8% typical
A home with a puppy too, thanks to the Junior Poultry tray

Worth watching

The named animal on the front is only 14% of the tray
Category terms throughout, so none of the six can support an elimination diet
Cassia gum at 2100 mg per kilo on most trays, for owners keeping a short additive list

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

45/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, with one Junior tray for puppies. Wet food carries few calories per gram, so many owners serve a tray alongside a dry food and cut both portions.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Beef 46.8
Chicken 46.8
Lamb 46.3
Junior Poultry in Jelly 45.0
Rich in Chicken in Jelly 44.7
Beef 43.3

All six Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All six score close together, held back by how little the label declares and not by anything worrying in the tray.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives62%Turkey at 4%, or chicken at 4% on the version with rice.
CerealsRice at 1.1% on the chicken version.
Fish and fish derivativesNo species named, and on no other tray here.
Minerals
Derivatives of vegetable origin

Vitamin D3, vitamin E and five trace minerals per kilo, copper and zinc set a touch higher than the adult trays, plus cassia gum.

The only tray with fish and fish derivatives on the list.

Named ingredients

With turkey Composition: meat and animal derivatives (62%, natural* 97%, including turkey 4%), cereals, fish and fish derivatives, minerals, derivatives of vegetable origin. *Natural ingredients.With chicken and rice Composition: meat and animal derivatives (62%, natural* 98%, including chicken 4%), cereals (including rice 1.1%, equivalent to cooked rice 4%), fish and fish derivatives, minerals, derivatives of vegetable origin. *Natural ingredients

Against the range

Moisture: 83.0%; The wettest of the six.
Energy: 81 kcal per 100g; Up to 92 on the adult trays.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 4.1%; Up to 13.5% elsewhere.

The growth tray, and the lightest, so a puppy gets through a lot of it.

Every tray is written in category language: meat and animal derivatives at 60% to 63%, then cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin and minerals. Any of these can change between batches while the label stays the same. The fixed points are the named animals, one at 14% and sometimes a second at 4%.

Protein converts to between 47.5% and 53.9% of dry matter and the carbohydrate estimate runs from 4.1% to 13.5%, under the wet-food norm throughout. Cassia gum sets the jelly. The Junior tray adds fish and fish derivatives.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

81 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.3%

Ash

Moisture

83%

Dry weight

Protein

52.9%

Fat

29.4%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

11.8%

Carbs

4.1%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

100%

Pricing & size